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Diocese of Jalpaiguri

Dioecesis Ialpaiguriensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Clement Tirkey, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 17 January 1952
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Calcutta
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: India
  • Square Kilometers: 9,632 (3,720 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Bishop's House, Jalpaiguri, P.O. Mohitnagar 735102, Jalpaiguri Dt., West Bengal, India
  • Telephone: (03561)255.371
  • Fax: 255.370

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
17 January 1952ErectedDiocese of Dinajpur (Jalpaiguri and Cooch Bear) Diocese of Jalpaiguri (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
197043,8651,987,0002.2%156212,0886257ap1971
198063,0003,444,0001.8%219302,100238312ap1981
199079,7564,226,0001.9%3110411,9453812119ap1991
1999101,7873,986,5142.6%4013531,9204221323ap2000
2000105,8993,986,9142.7%4214561,8913521323ap2001
2001109,2654,917,6882.2%4315581,8834020425ap2002
2002113,1354,917,6882.3%4214562,0204120425ap2003
2003115,6604,917,6882.4%4117581,9942921225ap2004
2004118,7004,917,6882.4%4417611,9456723426ap2005
2006139,5765,112,8602.7%5522771,8128227526ap2007
2013142,2545,616,0002.5%5730871,6355520229ap2014
2016148,8836,753,9932.2%5540951,5676721233ap2017
2019147,4426,829,9802.2%66381041,4177326934ap2020
2021146,2686,973,7502.1%6831991,4776629934ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 44, Page 447, to Page 449

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